Sudhanshu Shekhar

About Sudhanshu Shekhar

I am a Management professional with close to 15 years of corporate experience; of which 12 years is in the field of Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations, in private as well as public sector organizations.My experience encompasses HR Business Partner role, CoE, Labour Relations, Talent Acquisition, Managing the complete recruitment life cycle from requisition to offer rollout, Campus Branding and Recruitment, Graduate Development Programs (Summer Internship, Graduate Engineer Trainee and Management Trainee programs), Succession Management and Employee Engagement etc. I am currently working in the Personnel and Industrial Relations directorate, as part of Manpower and Recruitment team at South Eastern Coalfields Ltd.(SECL), which is a Miniratna Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) and the largest subsidiary of Coal India Ltd.(a Maharatna CPSE) employing more than full-time employees and close to Contractor’s workers, across 13 Operating Areas (sub-divided into 59 Coal mines plus other establishments), where my responsibilities under the Industrial Relations machinery include Employment to Project Affected Persons arising out of Land Acquisition for mining purpose, Compassionate Employment to dependent of employees dying in harness and Recruitment.I have previously worked as part of the Director (Personnel/HR) Secretariat at South Eastern Coalfields Ltd.(SECL) for 7+ years. The Secretariat acts as the Centre of Excellence (CoE) as well as Business Partner, providing leadership, consultation, best practices, support etc. for implementation of various HR practices & initiatives across different operating locations of SECL. My responsibilities included identification of gaps in processes/ practices (HR Process Audit, PCMM Gap Analysis etc.) as well as strategizing and implementing necessary changes to ensure HR Delivery; thus acting as a Change Management champion by undertaking Organizational Development initiatives.I am a member of the Harvard BR Advisory Council, an opt-in research community of business professionals.My conscious choice to move to the HR function was triggered by the passion to add transformational value to the HR processes, partnering with business, knitting Analytics into HR processes (HR Analytics), thereby exploring the immense potential that the HR activities hold in facilitating achievement of organizational goals. I look forward to a transparent, participative and learning culture which would provide me the opportunity to explore and enhance my knowledge and skills further.

Experience

1. Section Head (Employment-ncwa) Manager (HR Mp & R)

   Coal India Limited

   May 2025 — Present

   Working as part of Manpower and Recruitment team at South Eastern Coalfields Ltd.(SECL), which is a Miniratna Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) and the largest subsidiary of Coal India Ltd.(a Maharatna CPSE) employing more than full-time employees across 13 Operating Areas (sub-divided into 59 Coal mines plus establishments)-Responsibilities include Compassionate Employment to dependent of employees dying in harness, Manpower planning and budgeting

Education

• ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE UNIVERSITY (ABVP) BILASPUR

  Bachelor of Laws - LLB

  2021 — 2024

• XLRI Jamshedpur

  EDPLLM, Labour Law Management

• XLRI Jamshedpur

  Certification Course, Labour Laws

• Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune

  MBA, Human Resources

  2011 — 2013

• Cochin University of Science and Technology

  B.Tech, Electronics and Communication

  2004 — 2008

• D.A.V. Public School, Muzaffarpur

  AISSCE (12th), Science

  2003 — 2004

Skills

• Talent Management
• Interviews
• Employee Relations
• Human Resources
• Labour Legislation
• Strategy
• Training
• Performance Management
• Management
• Business Analysis
• Hris
• HR Policies
• Sourcing
• Employee Engagement
• Competency Framework Design
• Talent Acquisition
• Industrial Relations
• Microsoft Office
• Team Management
• Business Strategy
• Recruiting
• Personnel Management
• Microsoft Excel
• Screening
• Performance Appraisal